Publication of user fee notification

5486 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3650] NEW DEL HI, FRIDAY , AUGUST 25, 2023/ BHADRA 3, 1945 CG-DL-E-26082023-248363 (1) (2) 60% 60% 1 38.209 38.349 बड़ा पुल 0.140 2 51.992 52.112 बड़ा पुल 0.120 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 5th August, 2023 S.O. 3810(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October, 2021 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956 ), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No.353J [excluding Nagpur - Katol section] situated within the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Hig hways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the “rules”), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at 60% of the bas e rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 48.251 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.60 km (having length of 0.26 km) for use of two lane with paved shoulder section on the type of ve hicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Morshi – Chandu rbazar Achalpur section from design km 0 .000 to km 53 .719 (Existing chainage from km 0 .000 to Km 53 .903) of National Highway number 353J in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the Na tional Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely: - Table -1 Type of vehicle Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007 -08 (in Rupees) (1) (2) Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Veh icle 0.65 Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus 1.05 Bus or Truck (Two Axles) 2.20 Three -axle commercial vehicles 2.40 Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axl es) 3.45 Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) 4.20 1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: - Table -2 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Lengt h (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At design Km. 34. 900 of NH -353J near Haidatpur Village, Taluka Chandurbazar, district - Amravati in the State of Maharashtra. 48.251 [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] 60% for two lane w ith paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting the l ength of structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiply ing the length of such structures by an equalisation factor of 10: - Table -3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At design Km. 34. 900 of NH - 353J near Haidatpur Village, Taluka Chandurbazar, district - Amravati in the State of Maharashtra. 0.26 KM^ 2.60 KM 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 38.209 38.349 Major Bridge 0.140 2 51.992 52.112 Major Bridge 0.120 Total 0.260 3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purposes and resides within a distance of twenty kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 330.00 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per th e provisions of the said rules. 4. For multi ple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table -4 Amount Payable Maximum number of one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and one -half times of the fee for one way journey Two Twenty four hours from the time of payment Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys Fifty One month from date of payment 5. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) regist ered in the district where the fee p laza falls shall be 50% of the specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 6. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mec hanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub -rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, an d shall not be entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle. 7. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road, etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 9. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007 -08 as mentioned in Table -1 above, the actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of the completed length of the sectio n and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 319.94 crore. [The capital cost is subj ect to variation as t he activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery o f capital cost throug h user fee realised and after recovery of the capital cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No. RO/MUM/P -1088/Toll/2022 -23/E -220191 ] SUMA N PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri , New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.